{"id":37036,"date":"2026-03-03T22:22:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/UFC-328-gets-location-two-bouts-for-May-9-event-200334"},"modified":"2026-03-03T22:22:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:22:57","slug":"ufc-328-gets-location-two-bouts-for-may-9-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ufc-328-gets-location-two-bouts-for-may-9-event\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 328 gets location, two bouts for May 9 event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ufc-328-gets-location-two-bouts-for-may-9-event.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Ateba Abega Gautier has won his first four UFC appearances. |<br \/>\nGetty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-328-May-9-111957\">UFC<br \/>\n328<\/a> has a date, location \u2014 and a couple of fights.<\/p>\n<p>The card will take place on May 9 at the Prudential Center in<br \/>\nNewark, N.J., a consistent destination for the Las Vegas-based<br \/>\npromotion over the years. Additionally, two middleweight bouts have<br \/>\nbeen reported for UFC 328: <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Roman-Kopylov-232601\">Roman<br \/>\nKopylov<\/a> vs. <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Marco-Tulio-263543\">Marco Tulio<\/a><br \/>\nand <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ateba-Abega-Gautier-386979\">Ateba<br \/>\nAbega Gautier<\/a> vs. <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Osman-Diaz-156965\">Osman Diaz<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.br\/mma\/ufc\/artigo\/_\/id\/16380330\/ufc-328-organizacao-define-luta-marco-tulio-x-roman-kopylov-para-card-maio-estados-unidos\">ESPN Brasil<\/a> was first to report the UFC 328<br \/>\nlocation and Kopylov vs. Tulio, while Marcel Dorff initially<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BigMarcel24\/status\/2028816255235338628?s=20\">brought word<\/a> of Gautier vs. Diaz \u2014 which was<br \/>\ninitially scheduled for UFC 320.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Kopylov is coming off back-to-back decision losses to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Gregory-Rodrigues-176275\">Gregory<br \/>\nRodrigues<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Paulo-Costa-147165\">Paulo Costa<\/a><br \/>\nto close out his 2025 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> campaign. Prior to that, the 33-year-old Russian had gone<br \/>\n6-1 in the Octagon from September 2022 to January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>A two-time winner on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Dana-Whites-Contender-Series-12411\"><br \/>\nDana White&#8217;s Contender Series<\/a>, Tulio finished his first two<br \/>\nOctagon opponents before suffering a knockout loss against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Christian-Leroy-Duncan-209939\">Christian<br \/>\nLeroy Duncan<\/a> in his last outing at UFC Fight Night 264 on Nov.<br \/>\n8.<\/p>\n<h2>Prospect on the Rise<\/h2>\n<p>Gautier\u2019s nine-fight professional winning streak includes four<br \/>\ntriumphs in UFC competition. After stopping his first three foes<br \/>\ninside of a round, the 23-year-old Cameroonian prospect went the<br \/>\ndistance in his last appearance, earning a unanimous decision over<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Andrey-Pulyaev-398399\">Andrey<br \/>\nPulyaev<\/a> at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-324-Jan-24-110614\">UFC<br \/>\n324<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz has split a pair of Octagon appearances. In his lone outing of<br \/>\n2025, the 35-year-old Californian outpointed <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Djorden-Santos-164321\">Djorden<br \/>\nSantos<\/a> at UFC 313. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ateba Abega Gautier has won his first four UFC appearances. | Getty\/UFC UFC 328 has a date, location \u2014 and a couple of fights. The card will take place on May 9 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., a consistent destination for the Las Vegas-based promotion over the years. 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